Jonathan's 2001 ACC Football
Predictions
Predicted Standings for ACC 2001
| Team | Conference Record |
Overall Record |
| *Florida State | 7-1 | 8-3 |
| Georgia Tech | 7-1 | 10-2 |
| North Carolina State | 5-3 |
8-3 |
| Clemson | 5-3 | 7-4 |
| North Carolina | 4-4 | 6-6 |
| Maryland | 3-5 | 6-5 |
| Virginia | 2-6 | 3-9 |
| Duke | 1-7 | 2-9 |
| Wake Forest | 0-8 | 2-9 |
(*) indicates that this team wins tiebreaker over team with same conference record
2001 Preseason All-ACC Team
1st Team Offense
| Position | Player | Team |
| QB | George Godsey | Georgia
Tech |
| RB | Antowoine Womack | Virginia
|
| RB | Travis Zachery | Clemson
|
| WR | Antrews Bell | Florida
State |
| WR | Kelly Campbell | Georgia Tech
|
| TE | Mike Hart | Duke |
| *OL | Melvin Flower | Maryland
|
| *OL | Brett Williams | Florida State
|
| *OL | Kyle Young | Clemson
|
| *OL | Will Merritt | Clemson
|
| *OL | Josh Lawson | Virginia
|
| K | Luke Magnet | Georiga Tech
|
1st Team Defense
| Position | Player | Team |
| *DL | Julius Peppers | North
Carolina |
| *DL | Greg Gathers | Georgia Tech
|
| *DL | Bradley Jennings | Florida
State |
| *DL | Nick Rogers | Georgia Tech
|
| LB | Chad Carson | Clemson
|
| LB | Levar Fisher | North Carolina
State |
| LB | Ricardo Wimbush | Georgia
Tech |
| *DB | Terrence Holt | North
Carolina State |
| *DB | Errol Hood | North Carolina
|
| *DB | Chris Hope | Florida
State |
| *DB | Jeremy Muyres | Georgia
Tech |
| P | Brooks Barnard | Maryland
|
| AP | Anquan Bolden** | Virginia
Tech |
The following players could easily make the all-conference team by the end of the season:
Woody Dantzler (QB,Clem).....Nick Eason (DE,Clem).....Darnell Dockett
(DL,FSU).....Phillip Rivers (QB,NCSt).....Ronald Curry (QB,NC).
*Regardless of position
**Could also be considered a WR or QB
Must-See Games of ACC 2001
Clemson at Georgia Tech
Clemson at North Carolina State
Florida State at Clemson
Clemson at South Carolina
Wake Forest at Duke
Georgia Tech at Florida State
Florida State at Florida
Georgia Tech at Syracuse
Georgia at Georgia Tech
North Carolina at Maryland
North Carolina at North Carolina State
North Carolina State at Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech at Virginia
Rating the Schedules from Toughest to Easiest in ACC 2001
1) Florida State
2) North Carolina
3) Virginia
4) Georgia Tech
5) Clemson
6) Duke
7) North Carolina State
8) Maryland
9) Wake Forest
Out-of-Conference Opponents for each Team
Clemson: Central Florida, Wofford, South Carolina
Duke: Rice, Northwestern, Vanderbilt
Florida State: UAB, Miami, Florida
Georgia Tech: The Citadel, Navy, Syracuse, Georgia
Maryland: E. Michigan, Troy State, West Virginia
North Carolina: SMU, Oklahoma, Texas
North Carolina State: Ohio, SMU, Indiana
Virginia: Richmond, Wisconsin, Penn State, Virginia Tech
Wake Forest: Appalachian State, Northern Illinois, East Carolina
Coaching Changes in the ACC for 2001
| Team | Out | In |
| Maryland | Ron Vanderlinden | Ralph Friedgen |
| North Carolina | Carl Torbush | John Bunting |
| Virginia | George Welsh | Al Groh |
| Wake Forest | Jim Caldwell | Jim Grobe |
2001 ACC Composite Schedule
| | Aug 25 | Sep 1 | Sep 8 | Sep 15 |
Sep 22 | Sep 29 | Oct 6 | Oct 13 | Oct 20 |
Oct 27 | Nov 3 | Nov 10 | Nov 17 | Nov 24
|
| CLEMSON | - | C. Fla
| Wofford | Duke | Virginia |
at GA Tech | - | (11th) at NC State
| N. Carolina | at Wake Forest |
Fla. State | at Maryland | at S. Carolina |
- |
| DUKE | - | Fla. State |
at Rice | at Clemson | NW’trn |
at Virginia | GA Tech | Wake Forest
| at Maryland | Vandy | NC State
| - | at N. Carolina | - |
| FLORIDA STATE | - | at
Duke | UAB | GA Tech | at N.
Carolina | Wake Forest | - | Miami
| at Virginia | Maryland | at
Clemson | NC State | at Florida | -
|
| GEORGIA TECH | (26th) at Syracuse |
The Citadel | at Navy | at Florida State
| - | Clemson | at Duke |
(11th) Maryland | NC State | - |
(1st) N. Carolina | at Virginia | at
Wake Forest | Georgia |
| MARYLAND | - | N.
Carolina | E. Michigan | W. Virginia |
at Wake Forest | - | Virginia |
(11th) at GA Tech | Duke | at Florida
St. | Troy State | Clemson | at NC
State | - |
| N. CAROLINA | at Oklahoma |
at Maryland | at Texas | SMU |
Florida State | at NC State | E. Carolina
| Virginia | at Clemson | - |
(1st) at GA Tech | Wake Forest |
Duke | - |
| NC STATE | - | Ohio
| Indiana | - | at SMU |
N. Carolina | at Wake Forest | (11th)
Clemson | at GA Tech | Virginia |
at Duke | at Florida St. | Maryland
| - |
| VIRGINIA | at Wisconsin |
Richmond | - | (13th) Penn State |
at Clemson | Duke | at Maryland |
at N. Carolina | Florida State | at NC
State | Wake Forest | GA Tech |
Virginia Tech | - |
| Wake Forest | - | at E.
Carolina | App. State | N. Illinois |
Maryland | at Florida State | NC State
| at Duke | - | Clemson |
at Virginia | at N. Carolina | GA Tech
| - |
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